Monitoring Capabilities

Following is the list of critical performance metrics monitored by Applications Manager of AS400/iSeries server in real-time.

Status

Some of the key metrics such as number of users logging in, number of active jobs, number of jobs in message wait and ASP percentage, monitored through Applications Manager helps you to monitor and control overall system performance.

Pool

Allows you to monitor various pool sizes in addition to monitoring of DB and Non-DB faults, DB and Non-DB pages.

Through integrated web console, Applications Manager allows the user to control system operator message queue (QSYSOPR) and allows user to configure alarms for various severity types. You can also clear QSYSOPR through Applications Manager.

Spool

Applications Manager captures the various output of spool file and displays it under Spool tab. You can view these output and take necessary action to rectify any performance related issue.

Printer

Allows you to monitor various printer devices connected to your AS400 server and helps you to identify and troubleshoot any device which experiences any critical failure quickly.

Disk

With the ability to create several partitions in AS400 server, Applications Manager allows you to monitor these partitions with in-depth details such as block read, block write, disk capacity, drive availability and unit status. It also allows you to to configure alarms for various disk partitions and alarms you at the first instance of threshold being breached.

Problem

Applications Manager monitors and displays any critical issue that may arise either due to hardware conflict or due to software issue. This allows the user to quickly rectify the issue before it affects the overall performance of the server.

Applications Manager will help monitor the history log contents such as messages related to system failure, security vulnerabilities, warning messages which are dumped in QHST and thus aids in tracking the system activities.

Admin

It provides the ability to manage the AS400/iSeries server through Non-interactive command console available under Admin tab. In addition, it allows you to edit various system values available in AS400.